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Since Special Day Party "Dnevninka" at Moscow, Bonas Macfarlane and Stellar Alliance move forward to North Pole. Russia Today TV Channel keep eye on this expedition: "A team of brave young Russian explorers is to go on an expedition to the North Pole, raising money for charity".

Our search for Raymonda has taken us along way back in time and on the way we have found that most of the leading characters in the ballet actually existed in real life. But nowhere have we found Raymonda. Search through the lineage of the great families in the 13th century and you will find over and over again the names Sybilla, Isabella, Maria, Blanche, Agnes, Alice, Adele, Eleanor and many, many others – but never a Raymonda. So where is she?

We know a lot about Jean de Brienne since he is the most historically documented character in the ballet and it is the adventures of our chivalrous hero that we shall be relating in part three of our journey in search of Raymonda.

Raymonda is perhaps the most enigmatic of all the ballets in our rich heritage of 19th century classics. Based on legends of medieval chivalry, the libretto prepared for the octogenarian Marius Petipa has received criticism from every quarter for its literary weakness, scenic confusion and blatant naiveté of the dramatic action. Come with me on a journey back in time to find the real Raymonda….